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Violent Crime Rate Down in Several Cities

Posted Nov 29, 07 10:33 AM CST in US,  Crime & Courts,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – The crime surge of the last two years seems to be petering out, according to a new study by a police research group. The 2005-2006 rise in violent crime rates had been the first sustained jump in over a decade, but the new report shows that the numbers of murders, robberies and aggravated assaults are down in major jurisdictions in the first half of this year.

 Violent crime dropped in Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Houston, Denver and Minneapolis, among other cities, according to the Police Executive Research Forum. But the results aren't all positive: the mid-Atlantic region is still grappling with rising crime, with murder rates up in Baltimore, Maryland's Prince George's County and Washington.

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